There Are None So Blind as Val in a PENNY Frenzy

Down to the wire it went! No pennies for the Future Pennyillionheiress Val all week. In fact, The Pone even raised that question by text on Friday afternoon: "Any pennies?"

"NO! It might be a shut-out!"

Heh, heh. From Val's mouth to Even Steven's all-hearing ear. Two stops and 30 minutes later, on FRIDAY, March 13, I hit the trifecta in Orb K.

It was a penny, waiting for me in that nook. Not the drop of spilled soda. I snapped a picture

of this face-down 2018 penny, and was about to pick it up when my attention was drawn

to my right, where ANOTHER penny awaited my harvest.

This one was heads up, looking right at me, a 1997 version.

But WAIT! As I was juggling my scratchers and phone, trying to keep my balance to pick up those two pennies, I saw that I had missed a THIRD PENNY. It had been there all along in my first picture, but because of the light coming in the window, I hadn't seen it on camera.

THERE! By the candy! It was actually more obvious in the first photo.

A face-down 1993. I picked up all my meant-for-me pennies, and thankfully had enough pockets to keep them separate until I could see their dates. Because I'm a stickler for details like that. That's normal, right? Nothing weird about such a habit...

Well. You'd think I could be happy with three pennies. But upon closer inspection, I see ANOTHER penny hidden under the rack by the FritoLay penny! I hate to leave a Lincoln behind, but there's no way I could have rescued him.

Sooo...Val will have to settle for 3 pennies this week.
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2020 RUNNING TOTAL

Penny       # 20, 21, 22.
Dime        still at 6.
Nickle      still at 3.
Quarter  0

2019 TOTALS
Penny     134
Dime        20
Nickel        8
Quarter      5
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